LTM HTTP Monitor for Websphere/ClearQuest???

Hello, I currently have a pool of websphere servers running ClearQuest and the pool is referencing a basic http monitor. I recently had an issue where 1 of the pool members was not fully available but was still passing the pool monitor health check, resulting in clients being load balanced to a pool member that was not fully available. The customer is asking if I can create a custom http monitor to login with the following fields and values in order to determine the state of the pool members.

 

 

username: pjc

 

password: 2001

 

repository: 7.1.0

 

database selection: SWDEV

 

 

At initial login the client is presented with the "username, password and repository" prompt. After the initial login the client is then presented with a "database selection" prompt. Upon the “database selection” prompt is where the app was failing. I contacted the app admin and obtained a string with all of the required login values in hopes that I could use the following curl to invoke a response that would indicate a successful or failed login attempt.

 

 

curl -v http://10.16.30.119/cqweb//7.1.0/SWDEV&format=HTML&loginId=pjc&password=2001

 

 

I captured the response for the curl above and compared it to another capture where I used invalid login credentials. Unfortunately both curls had identical response values, leaving me no way to differentiate between a successful or failed login. I also attempted to work with the app admin in hopes that the admin could help customize the response values but unfortunately he could not make progress either.

 

 

Is what I am attempting to do even possible with an LTM monitor or does this type of monitoring require an external monitor? Any ideas on how to implement such a monitor would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

 

Brian